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A minimalist, elongated sculpture made of reflective and shiny bronze. The sculpture is long and slightly curved, suggesting the shape of a bird, and sits atop a stone base that is balanced on top of a geometric wooden base.

Golden Bird, 1919/20 (base c. 1922)

Constantin Brancusi

A work made of stoneware with ox blood (langyao) glaze.

Vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A work made of cotton, machine-made net; appliquéd with plain weave; cut and drawn work filled with buttonhole bars decorated with buttonhole picots and darned points; embroidered in cross, darning, and overcast stitches; decorated with buttonhole wheels.

Fichu with Frilled Outer Edge, 1850/75

A work made of silk embroidery on woven cotton foundation.

Suzani (large embroidered hanging or cover), 19th century

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni (Ryoshi Fukashichi jitsu wa Kanawa Goro Imakuni), c. 1847/52

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

A work made of pewter.

Plates, c. 1892

Jules-Paul Brateau

A work made of painted plaster.

Bust of Pierre François Leonard Fontaine, 1839

Louis Messidor Lebon Petitot

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware with copper luster (maiolica).

Display Plate with the Bust of a Woman, 1500/30

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long-armed cross and running (pattern darning) stitches.

Border, Arab period (641–969)/Fatimid period (969–1171)/Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/ Mamluk period (1250–1517), 9th/13th century

A work made of silk; lampas technique.

Fragment, Ayyubid Dynasty (1171–1250), 1200/50

Coptic

A work made of silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip supplementary facing wefts with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet.

Fragment, 1601/25

A work made of linen and wool, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and supplementary wrapping weft details; edged by plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming uncut loop pile.

Fragment of a Furnishing Textile with Mounted Rider, 4th-5th century

Byzantine

A work made of georgia marble.

Figure, 1946

Isamu Noguchi

A work made of bronze.

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantius I, 305-306

Ancient Roman

A work made of heavy boards covered with calf, green outside and black inside; on the front and back are onlays of frogskin; inside boards are reinforced with secondary boards in green with gold lettering, with facing leaves of decorated paper simulating frog skin; the spine is black calf with vertical lines in blind stamping; original paper covers bound in.

La science de Dieu ou La création de l'homme (The Science of God, or The Creation of Man), Published 1900; rebound 1930-1942

Mary Reynolds

A work made of gold foil wrapper with a collage of black paper, photomontage, and gold ink.

La chevelure (The Hair), Paris: Éditions Sagesse, 1937

Yves Tanguy

A work made of illustrated book with 54 plates.

Les Mains libres: Dessins de Man Ray, illustrés par les poèmes de Paul Éluard (Free Hands: Drawings illustrated by the poems of Paul Éluard), Paris: Éditions J. Bucher, 1937

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

A work made of one-quarter vellum binding, sides covered with white paper speckled with stamped blue stars; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in.

Antigone: Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel, Published 1928; rebound 1930-1950

Mary Reynolds

A work made of full vellum binding; green, silver-speckled end leaves.

Carte blanche: articles parus dans Paris-midi du 31 mars au 11 août 1919, Published 1920; rebound 1930-1950

Mary Reynolds

A work made of quarter vellum with white paper decorated with fleurs-de-lis; endpapers decorated with gold fleurs-de-lis; title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in; inscription and pen and ink drawing by cocteau.

Les chevaliers de la table ronde: Pièce en trois actes (The Knights of the Roundtable: A play in three acts), Published 1937; rebound 1937-1942

Mary Reynolds

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